Joseph Augustine Cushman
Joseph Augustine Cushman (born January 31, 1881 in Bridgewater , Massachusetts , † April 16, 1949 in Sharon , Massachusetts) was an American paleontologist and one of the leading foraminifera researchers of the 20th century.
Cushman came from Massachusetts , he did his bachelor's degree at Harvard University in 1903 and then became a curator of the Boston Society of Natural History , in 1909 he earned his doctorate from Harvard. In 1912 he began to work with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). In 1917 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
In 1923 he gave up his position at the Boston Society and worked, among other things, as a freelance consultant for oil companies. In addition, he built his own laboratory in which he continued his research on the foraminifera . Cushman built one of the most important collections and wrote the textbook Foraminifera, Their Classification and Economic Use and 554 scientific articles. Many of them appeared in the journal Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research , which he founded in 1925 , which, after a name change, still appears today as the Journal of Foraminiferal Research .
His extensive library and collection went to the National Museum of Natural History after his death in 1949, and the rest of his legacy is administered by a foundation, the Cushman Foundation .
The Dorsum Cushman is named after him.
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- ↑ See entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica ;
- ↑ a b Cushman's résumé on the Cushman Foundation website, online ( Memento from May 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Cushman, Joseph Augustine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bridgewater , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1949 |
| Place of death | Sharon , Massachusetts |